Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usWed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:52 +0000A LEGO army outlined in chalkhttp://www.dailydot.com/upstream/lego-chalk-army/<p><img src='http://cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/39/73/3973669b8a575cb3ceb9d6a96fae97f5.jpg'></p><p>
<em>Every day, the Daily Dot finds something that people on Facebook are sharing and, in turn, share it with you&mdash;with a little explanation. Here&#39;s today&#39;s share.</em></p>
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The LEGO army is coming.</p>
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Drawn with chalk on an open street to remarkably appear 3-D, this startling photo from from last year&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.chalkfestival.com/">Sarasota Chalk Festival</a> has gone from 17,000 to over 25,000 shares in the past 12 hours. That&rsquo;s due at least in part to the caption: &ldquo;Please click &lsquo;Share&rsquo; if you like it. My Art needs your share. Help!!!&quot; (The photo, however, comes without any identifying information.)</p>
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Created by four Dutch artists known collectively as <a href="http://www.planetstreetpainting.com/">Planet Streetpainting</a>, the LEGO work was inspired by China&rsquo;s Terracotta warriors. Given that the photo shared on Facebook is still an outline, it&rsquo;s fair to assume it was taken at the end of the second or beginning of the third day of the week-long chalk-drawing competition.</p>
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In fact, the art only got more impressive as the week went on, as Planet Streetpainting colored its work. Sarasota-based art critic The Art Whisperer did a mini-documentary on the process.</p>
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kcollier@dailydot.com (Kevin Collier)Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:52 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/lego-chalk-army/FacebookUpstream